Frederick Hertz 
German Public Mind in the Nineteenth Century [PDF ebook] 
Volume 3 A Social History of German Political Sentiments, Aspirations and Ideas

Originally published in 1975, this volume covers the period from the age of Napoleon to the dismissal of Bismarck — a period of national liberation, of revolution, the development of political movements, of parties and the press and the achievement of nationhood. The book is a history of ideals and ideologies, of the beliefs that the people held of themselves, and of others, and of the principles that inspired statesmen, reformers and their adversaries.